Living on a Dollar?

“We are a long way from Speculator,” some of us kept saying, “and that was just a few hours ago.” In fact, all of us thirty LIFTers and our three teachers left CAMP-of-the-WOODS yesterday afternoon for JFK airport after having gathered for prayer with our local supporters.

Tim, our director, mentioned that over eight hundred people were supporting our mission trip in prayer! Later that night, while waiting at the airport, some of us were already pouring back those prayers into people’s lives. We arrived safely to our destination after about twenty hours of travelling. During the bus ride from Guatemala City to Magdalena, everybody was trying to catch the most out of the beautiful landscapes with one eye while trying to catch some sleep by closing the other one. Once there, we met our welcoming host families who warmly greeted us into their homes and then we took a sinuous bus ride through many winding streets to the mission center.

For dinner, they served us a traditional Pepián meal which was absolutely delicious - chicken in a rich red/brown sauce & rice. Then, we watched a documentary called “Living on One Dollar” (http://livingonone.org/livingonone/) which showed us the struggle of living in poverty in Guatemala. Filled with emotion, we were asked by our host Nivia, who works with Students International, “What do you think God is showing you about poverty?” We are excited to prayerfully experience what God will teach us all about poverty during this trip. What is God teaching you about poverty?

-Philippe Blais

Be sure to check out pictures that we will be posting frequently on our Facebook page called: LIFT Discipleship Program.  https://www.facebook.com/liftdiscipleshipprogram/

Please continue to pray for our time with the warm and humble people in the quaint mountain village of Magdalena.  Pray that we grow in our relationships with all we are with and in our understanding of culture.  Pray that we may more fully experience and demonstrate God's deep love for us and our "neighbors".  Pray that our passion for the work of His kingdom increase.

Muchas gracias!

Tim